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Catholic bishops got exactly what they wanted in congressional budget agreement
By Thomas Reese — March 11, 2022
(RNS) — The bishops once again showed their ability to stay independent of partisan agendas.
Tips to get news junkies through a distracting Lent
By Thomas Reese — March 1, 2022
(RNS) — Some demons, Jesus said, can only be cast out by prayer and fasting.
‘Pray for Ukraine’: Religious leaders call for peace and God’s protection
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2022
(RNS) — In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, religious leaders prayed for peace and asked God to watch over civilians.
I forgive Pope Benedict. I hope others can too.
By Thomas Reese — February 22, 2022
(RNS) — I see Benedict as a holy but flawed individual who did the best he was capable of.
Catholic bishops oppose some Biden programs, support others
By Thomas Reese — January 26, 2022
(RNS) — The bishops support administration programs for immigrants, the poor and the environment, while fighting to end abortions and to protect their institutions from what they see as illegitimate interference.
Catholic bishops fight Biden but affirm his election
By Thomas Reese — January 20, 2022
(RNS) — Catholic bishops show that people can disagree with the president without buying into the big lie.
Pope Francis is asking the US bishops to listen to the people. Will they?
By Phyllis Zagano — December 3, 2021
(RNS) — Only half of the US bishops appear interested in what the people of God think.
At USCCB meeting, American bishops ignore real problems while debating minutiae
By Thomas Reese — November 18, 2021
(RNS) — The church and the world are on fire, but you would not know it watching the bishops’ meeting.
Catholic bishops greenlight Communion document, but don’t single out politicians
By Jack Jenkins — November 17, 2021
(RNS) — After months of controversy, a much anticipated document barely mentioned politicians at all.
On first day of bishops’ conference, a spectrum of Catholic thought
By Jack Jenkins — November 16, 2021
BALTIMORE (RNS) — Inside — and outside — the first public session of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall gathering revealed increasingly politicized tensions between American clerics, the Vatican and lay Catholics.
As Biden’s agenda navigates Congress, faith groups lobby Manchin
By Jack Jenkins — November 16, 2021
(RNS) — Regardless of their cause, faith groups across the spectrum are targeting the same Democratic senator: West Virginia’s Joe Manchin.
As Catholic bishops gather, so do protesters on right and left
By Jack Jenkins — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — Onetime Trump adviser Steve Bannon is slated to participate in a demonstration by Church Militant, but local officials have expressed concerns about potential violence.
In praise of Archbishop Gómez’s anti-racism
By Charles C. Camosy — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — Simply googling Gomez would have saved his critics the self-own of trying to take down an anti-racist hero.
Gomez, painting Catholics as victims, goes after his woke oppressors
By Thomas Reese — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — Archbishop Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, attacked movements of ‘social justice,’ ‘wokeness,’ ‘identity politics,’ ‘intersectionality’ and ‘successor ideology’ as pseudo-religions.
Top US Catholic bishop calls social justice movements ‘pseudo-religion’
By Jack Jenkins — November 4, 2021
(RNS) — Religious leaders and people of faith played a prominent role in last year’s racial justice demonstrations after George Floyd’s murder.
